Opinion

To quote Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, “[Government entitlements] have become the worst sort of fool's bargain—at least for everyone but the politicians who take credit for handing out money to a pliant population.”

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By Tom McCardle, representing a number of Ballard neighbors, including members of the Calvary Interim Housing Task Force

By now, most neighbors of the vacant Calvary Lutheran building, located at 7002 23rd Ave. N.W., know that a Level III…MORE

By Anna Markee, Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County

The Seattle Housing Levy creates and preserves housing for our most vulnerable neighbors including seniors, people with disabilities, domestic violence victims, veterans…MORE

By Anna Markee, Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County

The Seattle Housing Levy creates and preserves housing for our most vulnerable neighbors including seniors, people with disabilities, domestic violence victims, veterans…MORE

At Fred Meyer, we passed the freezer case and some organic sour cream caught my eye.

“Honey,” I said conspiratorially, “how about we break the Sunday night spaghetti dinner tradition and have Turkos?”

She gives the ok, and so I…MORE

The race for King County Executive is supposed to be non-partisan, but it has clearly become a contest between both parties, underscored by Susan Hutchison’s ardent denials of her affiliation with the Republican camp.

There is nothing…MORE

If you think Halloween is a scary time just wait until Nov. 3 - Election Day.

Meantime, it's sure to get plenty "spooky" hereabouts with clever, and not so clever, politics.

Elections and Halloween are scary. If the face behind the…MORE

Funny how life is.

When I was a kid we lived in the flight path of a tiny airfield between Portland and the Columbia River and airplanes flew so low over our house we could wave at the pilot. And he would wave back.

We discovered…MORE

A diligent reader of this column, one G.T. writes, “Mr. Anthony, is it true that people get weirder when the moon is full?”

Well, Mr. G.T., I am not qualified to answer this in astronomical, psychological or geophysical terms, but as a…MORE

The school district is the largest recipient of your tax dollars if you live in the Federal Way School District.

Besides taking 43% of your state taxes they also are charging you over $ 4.00/1000 based on your assessment.

What…MORE